There’s little doubt that Commodore has some strong memories of wearing No. 22. He wore No. 2 during part of his brief stay with the New Jersey Devils and became well-known with the single digit version during the Calgary Flames’ Cinderella run to the Stanley Cup finals. Commodore then wore No. 22 with the Carolina Hurricanes from 2006-2008, where he won a Stanley Cup. A trade to the Ottawa Senators prompted him to briefly wear No. 44, but he switched back to 22 during three rocky years with the Columbus Blue Jackets. (Jersey history via hockey-reference.com.)

Seeing Commodore in No. 64 probably would have been worth a few giggles here and there, but once the joke got old he might have regretted giving in to peer pressure. As long as Commodore makes sure that the charitable end is taken care of, we can look at this as an amusing story that didn’t really need to come to fruition.